Perler Luchador Masks

I did these Perler masks of luchadores today. I have been itching to make something with beads and not realizing it. There hasn't been anything lately that I've really wanted to create.

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First Perler Bead Design And Tips

I started making Perler beads back in 2011 when my best friend Cam told me about something I may enjoy because I am a fan of ironing. Yeah. It's that thing people tell me they don't do with their clothes as if it is not obvious to me. I had never heard of Perler beads and to the best of my knowledge had never seen one before. Little did I know that seven years later Id be making designs I found online that seemed impossible and having hundreds of designs stolen by others and sold on Etsy and other sites. The design above is the first thing I ever made and took two hours to do because I kept knocking beads over and ironing too hard in parts.

When I first started I would just copy a simple design online. This whole new world of Perler's opened up to me. It took a long time to make things and over time as I posted my images I made up my own set of rules. 1) Give credit when using someone's designs by posting links to their sites. 2) Take clear pictures so that people could create my designs if they wanted to. 3) Try to make things that no one else had made yet. This last one is the most fun because then I can see people steal designs and talk about how hard it was to create.